G/TBT/N/USA/1983  
13 April 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (OEERE), Department of Energy (DOE) 
[2014]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments  
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Petroleum -equivalent fuel economy of electric vehicles; Product and company 
certification. Conformity assessment (ICS code(s): 03.120.20); Env ironmental protection 
(ICS code(s): 13.020); Electric road vehicles (ICS code(s): 43.120); Fuels (ICS code(s): 
75.160)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Petroleum -
Equivalent Fuel Economy Calculation; (16 page(s), in Engli sh) 
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comment - The U.S. 
Department of Energy ("DOE") proposes to revise its regulations regarding procedures 
for calculating a value for the petroleum -equivalent fuel economy of electric  vehicles (or 
"EVs") for use in the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)  program administered by 
the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) . This Notice of proposed rulemaking 
("NOPR") also grants a petition for rulemaking  submitted by the Natural Resources 
Defense Council ( NRDC) and Sierra Club and responds to comments submitted on that 
petition (identified by Docket Number EERE-2021-VT-0033). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urge nt problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
88 Federal Register (FR) 21525, 11 April 2023; Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Part 474 : 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-04-11/html/2023 -06869.htm  
https://www.govin fo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-04-11/pdf/2023 -06869.pdf  G/TBT/N/USA/1983  
 
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  This notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); request for comments is identified by Docket 
Number EERE -2021-VT-0033. The Docket Folder is available from Regulatio ns.gov  at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2021-VT-0033/document  and provides access 
to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also 
accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and 
their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or 
before 4pm Eastern Daylight Time  on 12 June 2023. Comments received by the USA TBT 
Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with the regulator 
and will also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov  if received within the 
comment period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  12 June 2023  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-04-11/html/2023 -06869.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-04-11/pdf/2023 -06869.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/23_8941_00_e.pdf